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What happens if you drop them?
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What happens to data if someone walks off with
the mobile device?
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How do you sterilize or clean a portable
device between
patient visits? Do you wash you hands before or after
using it and examining the patient?
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Is wireless data transmission safely
encrypted? Of can it be hijacked in mid air?
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What about blind spots in data transmission?
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Is an end-user really going to use it
at the bedside? Most people that utilize technology are as
Geoffrey Moore refers to them, from the "conservative
majority". They want and need a totally turn-key system
or device. The don't want to look stupid fumbling with a
portable device in front of a patient.
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Who honestly is going to use the portable
device at the bedside? Your "early adopters"
and gadget junkies, or all of you healthcare providers?
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Portable devices are fine for simple tasks
such as vital signs and orders, but often the thought process
for record completion usually isn't performed at the bedside
anyway.
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What is the life expectancy of a portable
device?
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Does the portable device operate off of
Windows 98 or Windows 2000, or Windows CE? Windows CE is
a scaled down version of a normal Windows PC operating
system. Often other software isn't compatible with Win
CE. This can take an additional software interface.
